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What is a Meshbot?

Sara
Sara
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Automation is the beating heart of the MiOS operating system, and meshbots are how you automate tasks beyond what you previously thought possible.

A meshbot is a MiOS application that uses ‘If-Then’ rules to define what happens when a specific trigger event occurs. You can create meshbots to control smart devices, send notifications to multiple users and channels, integrate cloud services to transform your day-to-day workflows, and more. See ‘What is automation?’ for further examples of what you can do with a meshbot.

 
There are three types of meshbot you can create:
 

  • Automation Meshbot – These can connect any device, app, or service with any other device, app, or service. Automation bots can be triggered by a device, by a time schedule, by a service, by another meshbot, by a script, or by an expression. These triggers can initiate tasks, or ‘actions’, within target apps, services, or devices. As a simple example, you can create a meshbot to automatically turn the lights on (action) when a motion detector detects movement (trigger). Or you could set up a scene whereby all security features in your smart home are enabled once you leave the house.

 

  • Notification Meshbot – Notification bots let you send alerts and updates to users/services/apps and devices, over multiple channels (email/text/in-app/voice call, etc). These bots notify target entities of when and where the actions of all your automation tasks are taking place. These bots will scale to let you create anything from a simple messaging task up to a comprehensive, policy-based notification framework for enterprise integration and automation tasks.

      • A dedicated page for notification meshbots is coming soon, but you can find out how they work using the information in the notifications as an action page.

 

  • Interaction Flow Meshbot – This lets you push one of your EZLogic dashboards directly to the MiOS mobile app in response to a trigger event. This allows you to quickly react to the event without needing to navigate multiple menus. You can create custom dashboards using EZlogic’s drag-and-drop interface. The dashboard builder lets you easily visualize and build relationships between apps, devices, and services without using code.
 
EZlogic’s ‘Meshbot Automation’ area is an easy-to-use interface that lets you visualize and quickly create new rules with a few simple clicks. You can sequence multiple rules together with logic gates/operators, create scene groups, and more.

See the next section to get started – Create your first meshbot (tutorial).

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